Est. 1971 · Milwaukee

Built by hand. Broken in by you.

See the lineup

The lineup

The Ironside

1200cc V-twin · 82 hp

From $18,900

The Drifter

883cc V-twin · 64 hp

From $14,200

The Scrambler

1000cc parallel-twin · 76 hp

From $16,500

The Blackbird

1250cc V-twin · 94 hp

From $22,700

Two hundred hours. One set of hands.

Every Vanguard starts as a bare frame on a jig and a builder who signs the tank when it is done. We hand-weld the loops, lace the wheels, and jet the carbs on a dyno older than most of the shop. Nothing is bolted on to hit a number. A bike leaves when it runs the way a bike should run, and not a day before.

Frame and fit

The backbone is TIG-welded from chromoly and stress-relieved before a single part goes on it.

Engine and tune

The V-twin is torn down, blueprinted, and dyno-jetted until the powerband pulls clean from idle.

Paint and sign

Tanks are sprayed in-house, hand-pinstriped, and signed by the builder who put the whole thing together.

From the saddle

“The throttle response is telepathic. The most honest bike I have ridden in a decade.”

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“A Vanguard does not ask to be forgiven for anything. It just goes, and it sounds like the end of the world.”

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“I put forty thousand miles on my Ironside and it has never once left me on the shoulder.”

Dale R., owner since 2019

Come to the shop

shop@vanguard.example

Phone

+1 414 555 0177

Workshop

418 Foundry Street, Milwaukee